NBA play-offs: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander puts Oklahoma City Thunder on brink of Finals

The efficiency of Mark Daigneault’s aspect was a powerful response to the 143-101 thrashing they suffered in recreation three.

“We did a good job of staying in the moment tonight,” Gilgeous-Alexander stated.

“We obviously had a bad taste in our mouth from the last game, and we just wanted to control the things that we could control tonight. I think staying in the moment was the best way to do so.

“We may have been higher tonight for positive. Tonight wasn’t excellent, however we gave ourselves an opportunity… and we obtained a W.”

The Timberwolves pushed Oklahoma City all the way, with Nickeil Alexander-Walker scoring 23 points off the bench, Jaden McDaniels contributing 22 points, and Donte DiVincenzo finishing with 21.

“The whole lot is on the market,” Alexander-Walker stated.

“There is not any secrets and techniques. They know learn how to beat us. We all know learn how to beat them. It is nearly going on the market and doing it and who desires it extra [and who is] attempting to execute it extra.

“We showed that at times throughout this game, but consistency, that’s all it has to be.”

Victory in recreation 5 in Oklahoma on Wednesday (01:30 BST on Thursday) will safe the Thunder a spot within the NBA Finals for the primary time since 2012, the place they’d face both the Indiana Pacers or the New York Knicks.